This game, for me, was all about being adaptable.
I started out forming a few alliances to secure my spot on the Beauty tribe. Ultimately, I stuck with an alliance of Montana, Mox & Max, even though, over time, it became clear they might be closer to each other than to me. When we swapped, their alliance grew with Josh & Eddie. Josh, I became closer to as the game progressed and Eddie is one of my closest friends on here, but I don’t know if he’d have chosen me over them. But, ultimately, both Mox and Max quit, leading us to a merge, and after that Montana mostly stopped caring about the game.
At the merge, I started forming an alliance, at the core with Corey. Someone I’ve never been on a tribe with at this point, but he ends up being my closest ally at the merge. Sam, too, tries to talk to me, and explains the fact that Corey and Logan don’t get along. Ultimately, as that tribal progressed, it became more and more apparent of what Logan was trying to do strategically, and ultimately, he got out, in mostly a landslide. Leaving Mark & Aidan left for the Brain Tribe. Also that tribal, an alliance between me, Corey, Tris, Sam, Josh and Ty. I might be missing someone, and maybe Josh wasn’t in that one, but basically, that alliance was sort of my staple socially.
Sam was sort of a mistake on my part, as, him targeting Corey for being a big player and threat wasn’t wrong. Corey was by far the best player on this season. So, leaking the plan to Corey immediately maybe was a mistake, but ultimately so many others did the same thing, and proceeded to do the same throughout the season, I can’t blame myself for that. Plus, the orignal target that round was Eddie, and he’s my friend, so voting Sam out instead was a better alternative. Sam seemed like a great player, and not someone I could’ve trusted 100% because he was trying to play the middle, a spot I wanted to be in at first.
I started talking to Aidan around here, and told him about how Corey’s gameplay was eventually going to get him to win because so many people (including me) went to him for any plan they wanted to do. They all trusted him, and that was going to ultimately make him a big player. We grew closer and closer over time, and now we got here!
Eddie getting out was a bummer, but ultimately, I voted for Mark that round because I couldn’t bring myself to vote out an actual friend of mine, even though we weren’t really allies in this game.
Josh was someone who I grew very close to in this game, and I did not want them to go whatsoever. So I voted for Tris, who although was my ally from the start, did start behaving shady to me, going as far as throwing my name out as a vote, and we just got into a massive conflict the night beforehand. Tris came to me saying I was voting him out, so I leaked Corey telling me about how Tris brought my name up and everything, and it just created a confrontation. So voting for Tris, making the vote tie, was the decision that felt right to me. I trusted Josh more than I trusted Tris. Ultimately, Josh quit though, and blew Corey’s game up on the way out. Something me and Aidan (moreso Aidan, because I still did trust Corey) tried to do beforehand, but just couldn’t trust anyone to keep it to themselves, because everyone went straight to him with anything, up until THIS point in the game.
The next tribal, I sort of betrayed Corey’s trust officially, and got rid of his close ally Tris. I told him it was because Ty and Aidan like pressured me into it, but it was entirely a conscious decision, because I knew Corey already had the game won with Tris there, and I wouldn’t have an opportunity to beat him with his numbers still very strong. I did try out this entire elaborate plot this tribal, but ultimately, it didn’t work out, but I did weaken Corey at least slightly by getting rid of his #2. This was another representation of my adaptability in the game, working with Ty who I’ve NEVER SPOKEN TO beforehand, and I actually concocted the plan with him. It didn’t work, but strategizing with him made me feel a lot more comfortable in the final few tribals.
Getting Corey out wasn’t an easy decision, and my messages to you, Corey, weren’t fake. I appreciated your loyalty, and I wish I got to pay it back to you, but you’re just way too good of a player, and I did feel semi comfortable with my position with Aidan at least. Idk how close Aidan and Ty were, but I did feel my chances were better with him in the F3, than with you, Corey. But I did enjoy getting to know you this season, and I am truly sorry for backstabbing you like that. This isn’t fake whatsoever. And getting Ty out over Aidan is likely because I only started talking to Ty when Tris got out at final 6. I wish I worked with him more, truly, he was way nicer and smarter than I gave him credit for at first.
I also won 3 immunities throughout, and I only got a single vote casted against me all season, at Final 4. And I almost always avoided a target. I truly feel like I socially navigated this season almost always good enough to escape situations without being targeted or at least voted.
Adaptability was a common theme throughout my game. I made alliances and bonds when I needed to, I helped orchestrate blindsides when I needed to, and I won competitions when I needed to. And it got me here.
I hope you all consider voting for me for the first season of Jacob and Alan’s Survivor.
